Riverside Co. invests in education company n2y LLC

Private equity firm The Riverside Co. of Cleveland announced it has made an investment in n2y LLC, a developer of education curricula and teaching materials for K-12 students with special needs.

Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Huron, Ohio-based n2y offers its products to teachers and school administrators through a cloud-based subscription platform. Its products include Unique Learning System, a standards-based curriculum program designed specifically for students with special needs; news-2-you, a weekly current events newspaper; and SymbolStix, a symbol-based language used in learning materials. N2y was founded in 1997. Riverside said in a news release that it will work with the company’s management team “to continue to deepen and expand the customer base, add complementary new products, enhance teacher training and development efforts, and pursue strategic add-on opportunities.” Riverside partner Peter Tsang said in the release that his firm to date has invested in 55 education and training companies.